Chikkamagaluru: A group of Puttur college students, who were said to be the ABVP activists as well, not only gang raped their classmate but also circulated the rape video on social media. Therefore the ABVP organisation should be banned immediately, urged NSUI activists during a protest held on AIT College Road here on Thursday.

New Delhi: Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel admitted last month that Indian banks indulged in over-lending and said that the government did not fully play its role as principal manager of the country’s economic health. In his first public comments after resigning as RBI chief, he said that this has resulted in the current bad loan mess and the resultant low capital buffers.

Leeds: West Indies skipper Jason Holder won the toss and elected to bat against Afghanistan and sets a target of 312 runs in their last World Cup fixture at Headingley on Thursday.

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday moved a breach of privilege motion in the Lok Sabha against a Hindi news channel and its anchor for falsely reporting her debut speech in Parliament last week.

New Delhi: Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat announced his resignation as the Congress general secretary in-charge of Assam on Thursday, taking moral responsibility of the party's poor show in the north-eastern state in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha polls.

London: An Irish international human rights lawyer, who was jailed after being caught on camera hurling abusive rants at Air India crew on a flight from Mumbai to London, has been found dead just days after her release from prison in the UK.

Star Indian sprinter Hima Das won the women's 200m gold, while national record holder shot putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor bagged a bronze in the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland.

 "We are not going to supervise playing of cricket", the Supreme Court Thursday told the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) which sought listing of its plea that players from outside the state be allowed to play in the upcoming TN Premier League.